Musbury Primary SchoolColyton Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Musbury Primary School and Colyton Primary Academy are primary schools.

  • Musbury Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Colyton Primary Academy scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Musbury Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Musbury Primary School was judged Good and Colyton Primary Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Colyton Primary Academy (63.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Musbury Primary School versus Colyton Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AxminsterMusbury Primary SchoolColytonColyton Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100Stronger figureC57/100
Local ranking227th of 303 in Devon 122nd of 303 in Devon Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll36 139
Capacity52 175
LocationAxminster, EX13 8BB Colyton, EX24 6NU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported61.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported6.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census36 139
Free school meals (ever 6)33.3% 22.3%
English as an additional language0.0% 3.6%
SEN support27.8% 18.7%
SEN with an EHC plan11.1% 5.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.2% Stronger figure4.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.5% 10.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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